rec.autos.simulators

>Subject: NASCAR 2 IPX/SPX. ..Client Only or server required??
>Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 21:54:18 GMT
>Hi All!
>While were waiting for our copies of NASCAR 2 to arrive here in Oz,
>can someone who already has it their hands tell us if the Multiplayer
>networking in NASCAR 2 requires a Novell based server or if simply
>loading the workstation client on each PC will suffice?
>Have you tried it out?
>How well does it work?
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(Keiron Rado) writes:

> >Subject: NASCAR 2 IPX/SPX. ..Client Only or server required??
> >Date: Wed, 11 Dec 1996 21:54:18 GMT

> >Hi All!

> >While were waiting for our copies of NASCAR 2 to arrive here in Oz,
> >can someone who already has it their hands tell us if the Multiplayer
> >networking in NASCAR 2 requires a Novell based server or if simply
> >loading the workstation client on each PC will suffice?

> >Have you tried it out?

> >How well does it work?

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> I have tried it.  I works fine.  All you need is to load the card's
drivers
> and the basic novell drivers.
> For example:

> lsl.com
> ne2000.com
> ipxodi.com

> Then you make one machine the server by choosing anwser in the
multiplayer
> menu and the others choose call.  I haven't done it more than once as an
> experiment.  But we plan on having a party to hook up 4 or more systems.

> Hope this helped.
> If you need the drivers or have more questions email me.

> >can someone who already has it their hands tell us if the Multiplayer
> >networking in NASCAR 2 requires a Novell based server or if simply
> >loading the workstation client on each PC will suffice?

> >Have you tried it out?

> >How well does it work?

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> I have tried it.  I works fine.  All you need is to load the card's drivers
> and the basic novell drivers.
> For example:

> lsl.com
> ne2000.com
> ipxodi.com

> Then you make one machine the server by choosing anwser in the multiplayer
> menu and the others choose call.  I haven't done it more than once as an
> experiment.  But we plan on having a party to hook up 4 or more systems.

> Hope this helped.
> If you need the drivers or have more questions email me.

>I have a question.
>I have two freinds that live a local call away. We all have Pentium 100
>32 meg ram and faster with Windows95 And I would like to race
>both freinds at the same time. Can we do this with the network option
>in Nascar2? We all have two phone lines and we enjoy cussing at each
>other while racing. If it takes getting some more hardware thats fine as
>long as we can race.
>Thanks for any help!